Night Rocker is the debut studio album by the American actor David Hasselhoff. It was released in January 1985 on Silver Blue Records, produced by record producer Joel Diamond.
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| Released | January 1985[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 37:31 | |||
| Label | Epic Records (EU), Silver Blue Records (US) | |||
| Producer | Joel Diamond | |||
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The album features three duets with Catherine Hickland: "Our First Night Together", "No Way to Be in Love" and "Let It Be Me"; all three songs were featured in the Knight Rider episode "Let It Be Me".[2][3]
The album reached number one in Austria and was certified Platinum. It also reached the top 30 in Germany.
Cover artwork
editOn the album's front cover, Hasselhoff poses on top of the hood of a black third-generation Pontiac Firebird (the same car used as KITT in the original Knight Rider series in which Hasselhoff starred) and holds a black and white Aria Pro II ZZ.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Night Rocker" | Peter Myers | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Crazy on a Saturday Night" | Mark Keller, Wendy Webb | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Do You Love Me" | Berry Gordy | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Our First Night Together" (with Catherine Hickland) | B. Elliott, Brock Walsh | 3:58 |
| 5. | "She Cried" | Greg Richards, Ted Daryll | 3:34 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "No Way to Be in Love" (with Catherine Hickland) | Walsh, Glen Ballard | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Any Kind of Love at All" | Ray Dahrouge | 4:03 |
| 3. | "All the Right Moves" | Martin Briley | 3:32 |
| 4. | "No Words for Love" | Myers | 4:05 |
| 5. | "Let It Be Me" (with Catherine Hickland) | Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Curtis, Pierre Delanoë | 2:17 |
Charts
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Austria (IFPI Austria)[8] | Platinum | 50,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "New Releases". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 4. January 26, 1985. p. 25. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ "Night Rocker". teamknightrider.com. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Fun Facts – Night Rocker on davidhasselhoffonline.com
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – David Hasselhoff – Night Rocker" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. June 10, 1989. p. 19.
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1987". austriancharts.at. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – David Hasselhoff – Night Rocker" (in German). IFPI Austria.
External links
edit- Night Rocker on davidhasselhoffonline.com